The only tips you need to take the perfect Instagram picture

Check out Rohan Shrestha's Mumbai photo diary

Admit it: whether you’re enjoying a decadent dessert with friends, travelling with friends, or at a party, you’re always tempted to capture moments in a frame for social media. But how much justice does your phone camera really do to your surroundings?

Cue Rohan Shrestha, one of Bollywood’s favourite photographers, who just shot an entire Mumbai diary using just Oppo F1, China-based company Oppo’s new F Series mobile phone. Think you could do the same? Here are his 3 fool-proof rules to getting the perfect shot:

1. I play around a lot with the zoom control in camera phones
Camera phones have HDR (High Dynamic Range) and double exposure. I love playing with double exposure, and with projections over images. I don’t take phone cameras too seriously, it’s not a professional shot, so I love playing around just to see the new results, and what camera phones are providing.

2. I shoot a lot of raw footage on my cell phone
Camera phones are really upgrading. They’re still not close to professional cameras, but photography itself is growing because of phone cameras. That’s something we can’t deny.

3. I still always check for lighting before I shoot
Just like any other photographer, I avoid top light at all times. I generally try not to shoot between 11.00 am and 2.00 pm. And, of course, framing and composition are really important. That comes with practice.

So what makes Oppo F1’s camera such a rage? Think an 8-megapixel front camera, a wide f/2.0 aperture lens, and a ¼ inch sensor, along with software features like Beautify 3.0 and live colour filters. For the technologically challenged, this translates to 30 per cent clearer and almost 40 per cent brighter photographs than other phone cameras.

And to further up your selfie game on your night out, the phone also comes with a screen flash feature, which converts the phone’s entire screen into a camera flash. Can’t complain about dark, grainy pictures anymore. Check out Shrestha’s phone camera album before you pick up this new gadget.

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The Oppo F1 launched in Mumbai on January 2016 and is priced at Rs 15,990